A big congrats to Suzy, the newest Featured Stamper! She has a wonderful gallery & since she lives in Texas & I am from Texas, I couldn't resist picking THIS card to case. She has a lot of Tx themed cards but I liked the Tx flag on the balloon so I kept that. I used different stamps & dies & put my Tx flag on a punch out of the state outline.
This card turned out to be a little trickier than I thought it would. Mostly because the big Hot Air Balloons bg die actually has a very large balloon in the lower left that I didn't want to be there. So I had to die cut it pretty carefully using a smaller top plate to avoid cutting it out. A tiny bit of it did start to cut so I covered it up by die cutting a small cloud in that area (just to right of her face). I also die cut the larger lt blue layer & lined it up a little off to shadow the white. The right balloon has a colored Tx state punch under it. The little cowgirl was done separately & fussy cut around the top & sides to go on top.
Congrats again, Suzy! Thanks so much for looking. Closeups, the inside & Copic colors are on my blog:The Write Stuff
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Sun, Apr 22, 2018 @ 6:18 PM
Love seeing you show your Texas roots on this fabulous card, Julie.
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Sun, Apr 22, 2018 @ 6:52 PM
Wow! Beautifully crafted! It does look complicated, but nicely done.
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Julie, this is incredibly cute. I love the open die cuts and especially love that red, white and blue Texas peeking through. You always amaze me with your wonderful creations.